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The Reserve Bank on Tuesday allowed banks to open ATMs outside their branches without permission from the central bank. “It is proposed to allow scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) to set up offsite ATMs without prior approval,” the RBI said in its annual monetary policy. The RBI further said a group would be constituted to revi...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has informed banks that some of the modifications allowed to facilitate restructuring of non-performing assets(NPA) in view of the ongoing downturn in the Indian economy will be withdrawn from July 1 2009. “The circulars dated December 8, 2008, January 2, 2009 and February 4, 2009 for restructuring of acc...

In a move that could bring further relief to the home, auto and corporate borrowers, the Reserve Bank today cut short-term lending (repo) and borrowing (reverse repo) rates by 25 basis points. In its annual credit policy for 2009-10, the RBI reduced the repo rate to 4.75 per cent and reverse repo to 3.25 per […]...

The Reserve Bank on Tuesday said it would deal with the problem of black money being hidden in tax havens by continuously updating its regulations in line with the G-20 guidelines on strengthening transparency in cross-border movement of capital. “The Reserve Bank would continue to incorporate in its regulations latest international...

Reserve Bank of India has allowed three more credit information companies to do business. The banking regulator has also permitted the only existing local credit bureau Cibil (Credit Information Bureau India Ltd) to maintain credit histories of insurance and telecom customers. The three new entities include Equifax Credit Information Se...

Further, it may be noted that in terms of Regulation 2 of Notification No. FEMA 20/2000-RB dated May 3, 2000, as amended from time to time, "preference shares" mean compulsorily and mandatorily convertible preference shares and "debenture" means compulsorily and mandatorily convertible debentures....

In their published annual Balance Sheets for the year ending March 2009, in addition to the disclosures regarding restructured loans required in terms of paragraph 8 of the circular dated August 27, 2008 referred to above, banks should also disclose the amount and number of accounts in respect of which applications for restructuring are u...

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, which frames accounting standards for the country, has opposed a proposal of the Reserve Bank of India to relax the provisioning norms for non-performing assets. According to the proposal, commercial banks need not classify a non-serviced loan under NPAs if the borrower has submitted an app...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed global management and consultancy firm ERNST & YOUNG to review the performance of its 80 chief general managers. According to an RBI spokesperson, E&Y will design and facilitate a 360-degree evaluation of the senior functionaries and a give feedback to the central bank. * The 360-degre...

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The RBI (Reserve Bank of India) is India’s Apex bank which governs the banking regulations in the country and controls all the monetary policies of the country. It began its operations 1st of April 1935 at the time of British Rule as per the provisions laid down in the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. After India’s independence on 15th August 1947, the Reserve Bank of India was nationalized on 1st January 1949.

Reserve Bank of India is an independent monetary authority that regulates banks and offers important financial services such as controlling inflation, maintaining foreign exchange reserves, and providing monetary policy report. It plays a significant role in developing strategies of the Indian Government.

The FEMA Act (Foreign Exchange Management Act) is an Act constituted by the Indian Parliament for consolidating and amending the law related to foreign exchange for facilitating the external trade and payments and also for encouraging orderly maintenance and development of foreign exchange market in the country. This act was passed in the year 1999 during the winter session which replaced the previous Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA). The FEMA Regulations makes offenses with respect to foreign exchange civil offenses.This Act extends and is applicable for the entire nation. FEMA Act allowed a new regime for foreign exchange management that is consistent with the World Trade Organization’s emerging framework.

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